The Ivor Novello award winning musician is expecting his first child with his actress fiancee and admitted becoming a father was sure to influence the band's next album.

Matt said: "I'm already getting the vibraphone out and the Wurlitzer - these nice sort of twinkling high nice sort of mellow sounds that makes the baby kick and stuff. So I've got a feeling I'll incorporate those sounds into the next album a little bit."

The Plug In Baby singer's bandmates said fatherhood was sure to have an affect on him.

Dominic Howard joked: "Maybe he's going to start writing lullabies."

He added: "I'm sure it will affect him a great deal because everything effects you musically in your life. People you meet and music you hear, it all has influence or can do, on your artistic output and that is such a great massive thing to feel.

"Chris [Wolstenholme of Muse] obviously knows 'cause he's got five kids, so I'm sure it's going to influence his life a great deal."